The Planning Commission today said poverty in India declined 7.3 percentage points to 29.8% of the population over five years to 2009-10.

Poverty in rural areas declined at a faster pace than in urban cities between 2004-05 and 2009-10, according to the Planning Commission estimates released today. The total number of poor in the country has been estimated at 34.47 crore in 2009-10, as against 40.72 crore in 2004-05.

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Contrary to the claims of puppet authorities of making all round development, every fifth citizen of the Indian occupied Kashmir is falling under Below Poverty Line (BPL).

SHILLONG: The state government has today said that the proposed Integrated Basin Development would eradicate poverty by the year 2020 if implemented in the 12th 5-year plan, beside other benefit like creating a multiplier effect in the rural economy.

Expected outcome from this proposed integrated basin also include the entrepreneurial capacity building that would enhance the engagement of the youth and women in productive activities.

Winds of change are silently sweeping through the tribal landscape of Jawahar and Mokhada, where 102 adivasi farmers have pooled in resources, labour and land in a unique agri-prenuership initiativ

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JEYPORE: Rural electrification works are in full swing in Jeypore block. Call it ignorance of the election Code of Conduct or a deliberate act, these works are somewhere aimed at fetching votes.